On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 17:45:45 +0100, Benjamin Franksen wrote: [..] >One is that it opens up new possibilities for individuals that were >formerly closed to them. The two most prominent projects written in >Haskell (darcs and Pugs) have both been started by a single person >undertaking a project that would otherwise (i.e. without Haskell) have >been just too complex to realize. (David Roundy once said that the C++ >version he started with had after a while "amassed a solid number of >bugs", so he gave up on it and started a re-implemention in Haskell >(which clearly hasn't met the same fate).) With Haskell complex things >become manageable for individuals again, and this opens whole new areas >in the "noosphere" to conquer.
When reading this[1] I couldn't help thinking that rewriting GPG is an excellent opportunity for using Haskell to have an impact on the world. /M [1]: http://layer-acht.org/blog/debian/#1-58 -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://therning.org/magnus Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship by patent law on written works. "`How do you feel?' he asked him. `Like a military academy,' said Arthur, `bits of me keep passing out.' -- Arthur after his first ever teleport ride.
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